A lawyer for a street ministry pastor accused of posing as a U.S. Marshal and handcuffing and robbing a man he lured to a Denver motel told a Denver judge Thursday that he has a substance-abuse problem and wants to be released so he can seek treatment.

As Michael Todd Abromovich stood by dressed in a green jail uniform, public defender Lucy Martin told a judge that the 43-year-old had “very little ability” to post his $75,000 bond.

She said if Abromovich was released, he planned to check into a Salvation Army substance-abuse program in Denver. Judge James Breese said Abromovich deserved a slight reduction in his bond, to $65,000, for acknowledging his problem. Prosecutors argued against releasing him because they say he has four previous felony convictions.